Fort Wayne News

A Manchester College professor known for taking his students on down-and-dirty research treks into rivers and streams has been named Indiana's professor of the year.

"The dream of a joint solution to Fort Wayne's and Allen County's space needs through co-location just died," a somber Mayor Tom Henry said in a hastily arranged news conference Thursday afternoon.

Authorities have positively identified a Mitchell teenager as the victim in a slaying this month that involved a body found in the trunk of a burned car.

The Army plans to prevent media from covering Sarah Palin's appearance at Fort Bragg, fearing the event will turn into political grandstanding against President Obama, officials said yesterday.

Accused murderer Anthony A. Parish could only watch as his former friend and apparent confidant told an Allen Superior Court jury Tuesday that Parish had matter-of-factly confessed to him to killing 30-year-old Antoine J. Woods last August for a silver chain and medallion.

Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry's statement on office space for city and county governments, as provided by the city: The dream of a joint solution to City of Fort Wayne and Allen County space needs through co-location just died today.

The Fort Wayne-Allen County Economic Development Alliance said Maxim will invest $1.6 million to begin operations at 12632 U.S. 33.

The new Roman Catholic bishop for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend is going to be busier than originally thought.

He was appointed to the position three months ago and now his office sits vacant.

The Indiana General Assembly will gather at the Statehouse today for its first, largely ceremonial, meeting of the new session.

It's a burglary local police are calling unbelievable. Multimedia Police say around 11 p.m. Friday; robbers cut a hole in the back siding of the Sears store in Angola on North Wayne Street.

Vince Robinson has resigned as the city of Fort Wayne's public information director, the city said Monday afternoon in a written statement.

INDIANAPOLIS - More ceremony than substance will fill the agenda today when the state's 150 lawmakers return to the Statehouse for their annual Organization Day.

Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin will return to Noblesville this week to promote her new book, 'Going Rogue.' Palin will sign copies of the book from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Borders, 13145 Levinson Lane.

Roger VanCamp, of Fort Wayne, Ind., calls the BFA Swap Meet his most favorite to attend.

Mills Auto Parts has some Cash for Clunkers inventory on its lot on Adams Center Road.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Four dozen works from the Wyeth family will greet visitors when the remodeled Fort Wayne Museum of Art reopens next spring.

A Fort Wayne truck driver is the first player to hit it big on the Hoosier Lottery's 2009 holiday-themed scratch-off tickets, the lottery announced Friday.

They just had to say thank you. Thank you to the lobbyists who supplied the 50 members of the Indiana Senate with popcorn, milk, soft drinks, bottled water, candy and even a Wal-mart gift card throughout the General Assembly's 2009 regular session.

A 20-year-old man accused in the killing of a South Dakota teenager has been ordered held without bail.